The Demons Reign

Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

PRESENT DAY

“Excuse me Sir, what do you want?” The waiter’s voice brought him to reality as he discovered he had been staring at the menu, “Ehmm… Ehmm” he stuttered, “well, I need two packed plates of Spaghetti Bolognese” he requested, “okay Sir” the waiter replied and left. He gave a heavy exhale as he looked around the restaurant and smiled sadly, “Dad was wrong, Supernatural exists” he said as what he ordered was brought to him. “Thank you” he thanked the waiter, “how did I get involved in this triangle? How did he get entangled by the devil?” He asked himself as he wandered into deep thoughts.

  Meanwhile in Elias office as he stared through the window, “you keep staring at a window each time you are in trouble” Aza said, “Yes because we were caught” he replied turning around to face his demon friend, “Rowland knows”, “ I know and that’s why I came” Aza replied, “what do you intend to do?” He asked Elias, “I don’t know for now…”

   “I’ll fix it, I’ll figure everything out” Elias said turning to Aza, “It’s our mess, so we’ll have to fix it”, “ our mess?” Aza asked straining the word ‘our’, “yes, it is our mess, you show up anytime you want, at anywhere, at any moment you see I’m in trouble”, Elias explained, “ Elias, I'm your friend and that’s what friends are for, I’m here on earth to help you each time there’s a need” Aza said, “and now we’ve been caught by your acts of friendship, and this I must fix” he added.

Elias hissed as he walked to his seat. “It’s not our fault we got caught” Aza said following him. This statement made Elias angry as he banged his desk causing the room to vibrate and the desk broke, Aza stepped back in fear, “not our fault? Aza we were careless” Elias said with anger in his voice. “Our careless might cause a human sacrifice” Elias said, “and we both know who the human is”. “ I understand your worry Elias, I know your love for this human Rowland but it has been done, we cannot turn back time “ Aza reasoned with Elias, “there must be another way” Elias said as he sat down, “there isn’t” Aza replied. 

Elias looked at him with fire in his eyes, “Ehm… Uhmm… What I was… Trying to say is that there’s no way yet except you create one” Aza stuttered in fear. “You can go” Elias said with a wave of hand. Aza shook his head as he turned towards the door. Stopping in his steps, he turned back, facing Elias, then said “Please be careful, don’t mess with the Devil” he pleaded as he disappeared.

   Just then Elias discovered he had broken his desk, his fist mark was imprinted on it, he looked around his office some items had been misplaced such as the picture frame on the wall, papers littered on the ground, broken glass, a shattered window, “what have I done?” He asked himself as he stood to fix it.

   Back at the clinic, it was night and Rowland was asleep with his head bowed on the bed which Rose laid, a gentle breeze blew pass Rose who reacted to it, “Baby did you open the window?” She asked opening her eyes looking at the direction of the window. A figure stood in front of her, it had a dreading presence, it was huge and had red eyes, veins could be seen on it’s body. On seeing this figure, Rose screamed so loud that it woke up Rowland who saw it and screamed too. “Who are you?” Rowland asked in graven fear, “I am death, I’ve come to take you both” the figure replied laughing wickedly. “What have we done?” Rose asked as she hugged Rowland, “you know what you shouldn’t have known, humans are so curious” it said with its coarse voice

   It continued, “the curiosity of humans has led them do unimaginable things and has been the downfall of them”, the couple shivered in fear, holding each other as they silently prayed it was a dream, “Your souls are mine and today you’ll go with me” it said as it made few steps towards the bed. “Not today!” A familiar voice was heard behind the demon…. It was Elias. He wasn’t in his demon figure, wearing a blue polo and a black Jean trousers, his muscles showed through the shirt. The demon turned back, “Elias what are you doing here?” It asked, “I came to stop you” he replied, “You have no part in this, stay away!” It warned, “I’m sorry, I can’t” Elias said as he ran to the demon, held it’s neck and flew to the rooftop breaking the roof in the process. Rowland and Rose hurriedly stood as they ran out of the room.

   On the rooftop, Elias threw the demon as it landed on it’s back, “Stay out of this Elias” it said standing up, “You have no right to touch them” Elias replied with fury in his eyes as it turned red and smoke came out of his nose, “You agreed for them to be taken once it’s confirmed they knew” the demon reminded Elias, “Yes I know, but I’ve had a change of mind” Elias said. It flew towards Elias, grabbed his neck and swung him to the ground. Elias let out a groan, standing up and rushing to it in super speed.

   Meanwhile, the two love birds made their way out of the clinic, with Rowland leading holding Rose behind him, “where’s everyone, the doctors and nurses on duty?” He asked as they went across the hallway, “No patients too” Rose added as she looked into other rooms… Empty.

Just then as they approached the reception room, a figure stood at the doorway in the darkness, “where do you think you’re going humans” it said coming out of the darkness into the little light coming from the electric bulb…. Reckon. “Who… Who are you?” Rowland asked in fear, “I’m Reckon” he replied as he ran towards them with super speed.

 Just as he was about grabbing Rowland by the neck, his hand was stopped in mid air by another hand…. Aza’s. “What are you doing?” Reckon asked angrily, “stopping you” Aza replied with a smile and threw Reckon who landed on the receptionist’s counter, breaking the solid structure. “Go!” Aza ordered the humans who ran for their lives. Reckon stood up, cracked his neck and made a fist, “it seems it’s me and you and this time it’s fair” he said to Aza who took a fighting stance.

   Rowland and Rose entered the parking lot as they rushed to his car, entered, pedals pressed, they zoomed out of the building.

   The demon fell on the ground but this time with his face, Elias breathing heavily, “You’ve become soft” it said as it stood slowly from the ground, “soft?” Elias asked, “I hate that word” he said as he grabbed the demon on it’s neck and gave a heavy blow across it’s face, “someone that’s soft can’t do this” he said giving it another blow making it kneel to the ground, “You’re playing with fire Elias” it warned, “I don’t care” Elias replied giving it another blow, “I’ve been in fire for centuries” Elias replied giving it another blow, “I’m not scared of fire anymore” he said this time lifting the demon from it’s feet onto his shoulder, “I hate threats” he added as he threw the demon off the roof, following suit with a diving position. Catching up with it in mid air, he continued giving it heavy blows as they were influenced by gravity.

    Aza fell to the ground, “you are weak, you cannot beat me” Reckon said lifting up Aza by the neck and giving him a blow, “I am stronger than you, more powerful too” he added as he threw Aza to a nearby wall, giving the wall a c***k Aza laughed as he slid to the ground, “You think I can’t beat you?” He said slowly standing up, “if I continue this, I’ll definitely beat you one day” making a fist and staggering like a drunkard he went to Reckon. Weak blow attempts but Reckon was too fast for him as he dodged them effortlessly, giving him a blow at the side at each failed attempt. “Stop this Aza, you cannot win me” Reckon said pushing weak Aza to the ground, “fair and square Reckon, I can” Aza replied standing on his feet, “I love your sacrifice, you want to die for this shameless humans” Reckon said, “No” Aza replied, “I’m doing this for my friend, Elias” as he made his way to Reckon.

  “What the hell happened back there?” Rose asked Rowland as they got to his house. She sank to the chair, touching her chest trying to steady her heartbeat, “I think there’s a spiritual battle going on because of us” Rowland replied as he made his way to the bathroom to wash his face, “I can’t believe this” he said to himself as he washed his face and stared at the mirror in front of him, “War of demons” he concluded as he wiped his face with a nearby towel and went to meet Rose.